![]() ![]() In fact, she was at work on an archaeological dig between shows when she saw something that inspired “In the Woods,” her Edgar-winning 2007 debut novel. ![]() And she was an actress trained at Trinity College in Dublin before she started writing. She read Stephen King’s “It” in her early teens and was fascinated by the ability of children terrorized by the evil clown to block memories of their horror. She’s often written about lost or traumatized children. Still traumatised by her brush with a psychopath, Detective Cassie Maddox transfers out of the Murder squad and starts a relationship with fellow detective Sam. The Dublin Murder Squad figures in most but not all of her books. She was born in Vermont and lived in many places, including Italy and Malawi - though her command of Irish accents and personalities has filled French’s Dublin with a large, fictitious population. Tana French's first novel In The Woods was a good crime novel, this was not even in the same league, in fact I lost hope that it was a crime novel at all really. All of this stays true to the swirling atmospherics of the original novels French weaves allusions to Celtic mythology and folk tales throughout her work. And they’ll work as haunting diversions from the stasis of now.Ī few basic things you should know about French: She’s American. There are important things they have in common. ![]() Tana French has written seven novels, with an eighth due in October. The genius of the book lies in the psychological character insights, smart writing, attention to detail and interesting settings. ![]()
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